COMMUNITY HEALTH AND COMPARATIVE HEALTH SYSTEMS

SW495

Course Code: SW495
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 2 + 0
ECTS: 4

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Seval Bekiroğlu

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Understand the importance of protecting and improving public health,
Will be able to define and analyze different community health service organizations and functions of institutions in our country and in various countries,
Will be able to understand the functionality and importance of the social work profession in the development of public health.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

There is no recommended course.

Course Description

The concept of public health provides a perspective on measures for the protection of public health, common health problems in the society and prevention methods. The focused on the analysis of the organization and management system of health systems in Turkey and other countries, functionality and importance of social work in the development of public health.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Health Protection and Health Promotion, The Factors Affecting Health
2^nd Week	General Health Issues
3^rd Week	Basic Health Services: Preventive Services, Diagnosis and Treatment Services
4^th Week	Basic Health Services: Rehabilitation Services
5^th Week	Turkey's health system
6^th Week	Health Systems in the World: Central European Countries
7^th Week	Health Systems in the World: The Case of America and Russia
8^th Week	Health Systems in the World: Far East Countries
9^th Week	Health Systems in the World: Balkan Countries
10^th Week	Health Systems in the World: Ocean Countries
11^th Week	Health Systems in the World: Scandinavian Countries
12^th Week	Functionality and Importance of Social Work Profession in Improving Community Health
13^th Week	Evaluation

Recommended or Required Reading

Bertan, M., Güler, Ç.(1995). Halk Sağlığı, Temel Bilgiler. Güneş Kitabevi, Ankara
Güneş, T., & Tuncay, T. (2018). Türkiye?de halk sağlığı sosyal hizmet uygulamalarının incelenmesi. Tıbbi Sosyal Hizmet Dergisi, (11), 10-26.
Şimşek, Z. (2013). Sağlığı geliştirmenin tarihsel gelişimi ve örneklerle sağlığı geliştirme stratejileri. TAF Preventive Medicine Bulletin, 12(3):343-358.
Yelboğa, N , Bayır Aslan, Ş . (2020). Sosyal sorun olarak salgın hastalıklar ve sosyal çalışmanın halk sağlığını koruma/geliştirme görevi . Türkiye Sosyal Hizmet Araştırmaları Dergisi , COVID-19 Özel Sayısı , 43-49 .
Aydın, N. (2019). Sağlığın teşviki ve geliştirilmesi. Black Sea Journal of Health Science, 2(1), 21-29.
Sable M., Schild D, Hipp J. (2012). Public Health and Social Work. In: Gehtler S, Browne T, editors. Handbook of health social work. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons; pp. 64-99.
Öztürk Y. (2011). Halk Sağlığının Hedef, Amaç ve İlkeleri. Öztürk Y, Günay E, editorlar. Halk sağlığı genel bilgiler. İçinde. Kayseri: Erciyes Üniversitesi Yayınları Yayın No: 172; ss. 33-37

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Presentation
Report Preparation
Case Study

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Assignment	1	20
Total(%)		60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		40
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	12	2	24
Preparation for Final exam	1	13	13
Course hours	14	2	28
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	10	10
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1	1
Homework	1	10	10
Presentation (including preperation)	1	1	1
Project
Quiz
Take-home
Field Research
Meeting with advisor
Performance Practice
Book Presentation
Article Presentation
Case Study Presentation
Thesis Proposal
Article
Thesis Research
Weekly Articles and Resource Research	12	2	24
Preperation for Presentations	1	8	8
Total Work Load			120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			4
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X	X	X
K2		X	X
K3	X	X	X
K4
K5		X
K6	X	X	X
K7			X